I’m a firm believer in bike helmets, but that’s it.
I did have my kids use knee and elbow pads for the first day or two when learning to ride cause it was gonna be real painful and I wanted to get them riding, but the idea is to learn to ride so you won’t need them.
Beyond bike helmets, have at it cause you need a few bumps and cuts in your life.
I’m a parent of four, two are boys. One broken foot (girl who tripped) four sets of head stitches. (boys, skiing, running, tripping and hitting the business end of grandpa’s fifth wheel trailer hitch) Trips to the hospital are usually kind of fun cause we don’t get the vapors when our little darlings get a bit messed up.
A friend of mine’s son was on a boy scout trip last week and he fell down a hill. Minor concussion and a good story to tell.
Yep. My 12 year old nephew was killed because he rode his bike without a helmet. He was sideswiped by a truck and hit his head on the curb. If he'd been wearing his helmet he would have walked away with a headache. My sister-in-law (his mother) is no longer suicidal but will never recover from the guilt and grief. And the rest of us miss him every day.